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JtJLT 27, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



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value. See her sea wall, her fine beach, 

 the finest in the United States; water 

 warm, surf mild, slope gentle, space un- 

 limited and free from sharks! 



We cannot show you a Bunker Hill, 

 but we have the San Jacinto battle 

 ground, dear to every old Texan, where 

 Texas won her freedom. 



Do not worry over the war; Mexicans 

 never will cross the border. Neither 

 will your coming or going be interrupt- 

 ed by Uncle Sam's moving troops. The 

 passenger service has never been and 

 will not be interfered with in any way. 



The S. A. F. convention always has 

 been held in the east until last season, 

 when it went west, and this year, when 

 it comes to God's country, in the great 

 state of Texas, city of Houston. We 

 are your colaborers and you owe it to 

 us and to yourselves, and to the society, 

 to come and let us reason together for 

 our mutual benefit. Besides, we want 

 to meet you personally, and to let you 

 know we are your friends. 



Besides all this, the towns, the prod- 

 ucts, the customs and our Jim Crow 

 law will all be of interest to you. Come 

 and see us where we do not lock our 

 houses, sleep in the open, share the hos- 

 pitality and chivalry of the typical 

 southern man in his own home. We want 

 to have you meet our beautiful wives 

 and sweethearts, whom we all love and 

 admire as we do our mothers. 



Houston will take care of you and we 

 country florists will be on the job also, 

 making you thrice welcome. We will 

 send you home with pleasant memories 

 and a longing in your hearts to leave 

 the frigid north and come where sun- 

 shine eternal reigns and flowers never 

 cease to bloom. 



Sherman, Tex. H. O. Hannah. 



THE ADVANCE GUARD. 



The advance guard of the S. A. F. 

 army which is preparing the August in- 

 vasion already is in Texas, aa the ac- 

 companying illustration shows. John 

 Young, secretary of the S. A. F., annu- 

 ally spends the month preceding the 

 convention in the convention city, ar- 

 ranging the details, and Martin Reu- 

 kauf is there calling on Texas customers 

 and arranging for the Bayersdorfer dis- 

 play at the convention. The photog- 

 rapher caught them on the beach at Gal- 

 veston, described in the publicity stuff 

 as "the playground of all Texas." It 

 is only fifty miles from Houston. Sec- 

 retary Young had just completed a tour 

 of northern Texas and reports southern 

 hospitality as living up to its reputa- 

 tion. 



MUMS IN, THE SOUTH. 



During the hot summer months, in the 

 south, chrysanthemums require much 

 attention. They will take at least one 

 good watering every day and several 

 sprayings. The idea is to keep the at- 

 mosphere in the house quite damp and 

 80 avoid all wilting of the foliage dur- 

 ing the hot part of the day. In using 

 the spray it always is well to spray 

 from every walk. If you continually 

 spray from one side you will find that 

 the foliage on the plants on the far 

 side of the table will become puny 

 and the flowers later will be deficient in 

 substance. Any black fly on the plants 

 must be got rid of by spraying with 

 one of the nicotine solutions. See to it 

 that as the plants grow they are kept 

 neatly supported and not allowed to 

 fall over and become crooked. 



The First of the Convention Visitors Arrive at the Gulf Shore in Texas. 



The first week of August is a good 

 time to do some fertilizing. For this 

 purpose I like to apply, first, a liberal 

 sprinkling of bone meal, followed by 

 a top-dressing of lime, and then an inch 

 or more of cow manure that is not too 

 old. The lime will make the bone meal 

 available in suflSeient time to benefit 

 the opening buds. Fertilized in this 

 manner, the beds will require but few 

 liquid applications after the bud is 

 taken. L. 



PAIHTINO OBEENHOUSES. 



This is the time of year when green- 

 houses can be painted with the least in- 

 convenience, since many of the houses 

 are being prepared to receive plants now 

 growing out of doors. Labor can also be 

 transferred from other work to painting 

 with the least possibility of neglecting 

 more important duties. 



The first consideration is the paint 

 itself, because if the material is inferior, 

 poor results may be expected. Labor 

 constitutes perhaps eighty per cent of 

 the cost and it is therefore obvious that 

 the materials must be the best ob- 

 tainable, in order to postpone repaint- 

 ing for the longest possible time. 



A paint for greenhouses should be 

 made especially for the purpose, as this 

 class of work demands many qualities 

 not found in ordinary exterior or in- 

 terior paints. First of all, it should 



produce a pure white, glossy surface,- 

 or in other words, one that will en- 

 hance the lighting. A paint film of this 

 character will insure a stronger growth 

 and a greater abundance of blooms. 

 A glossy surface will also shed water 

 and dirt more easily than a paint with 

 an eggshell or flat finish. 



Next, a greenhouse paint should pro- 

 tect the sashbars, providing they are 

 wood, from mold or mildew, which, if 

 permitted to form, will not only darken 

 the interior, but in time will cause 

 decay. Good paints designed for green- 

 house work contain 'a certain percent- 

 age of a chemical which prevents fun- 

 gous growths. 



The paint should also have sufficient 

 body so that one coat will answer for 

 repainting jobs. It should brush out 

 easily, so that the work can be done 

 speedily. In the event that the paint 

 is too heavy, thin to a working con- 

 sistency with turpentine. 



Whether of iron or wood, all gutters, 

 posts and spouts should be painted 

 once a year to prevent deterioration. 

 A paint having a refined asphalt base 

 is best adapted to either wood or metal. 

 One coat should be applied with a heavy 

 brush, being careful to fill all cracks 

 and to cover the surface thoroughly. 



Paint prevents rust on steam pipes 

 and stacks; therefore they will last 

 longer and look better if kept well 



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